Galaxy Zoo Talk

Irregular Ring

  • wittywin by wittywin

    So is this type of irregular ring the type of thing I should expect to see and whats the explanation for the pearl like beading? #pearls #ring # irregular

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Hi wittywin and welcome to the Zoo

    Sorry for the late reply. This is actually a simulated galaxy from the Illustris data set. And somehow they produce quite a lot of these ringed galaxies. The blue/white blobs are star forming areas in these galaxies.

    Hope this helps and happy hunting ! 😄

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